Q: Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 used to connect perfectly to iPhone PersHotspot, but has suddenly lost that ability.
I'm not positive, but I am fairly sure it was the update to the Tab that caused the tethering function to become inoperative. Unfortunately I updated the iPhone soon after...and I acknowledge that it might have been that. In any case, it used to work perfectly - I used it alot - then it wouldn't work. It connects immediately...with a strong signal...and it *appears* to be assigned an IP address by the iPhone...but it won't surf.
The iPhone can surf fine by itself.
The Tab can surf fine by itself (when using home or public Wi-Fi)
I reset the network settings in the iPhone (which to my immense annoyance did not help)
I've tried many times to "forget" and re-connect to no avail.
I renamed my iPhone to remove spaces & punctuation marks (no difference - and was not a problem before)
Have tried to tether via BT; devices *will* pair, but iPhone says they are incompatible and aborts the connection.
Ideas please?
iPhone 4, iOS 6
Posted on Sep 29, 2012 3:53 AM